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@thegiftofchess Ambassador for DRC 🇨🇩
Joined April 2024
We must endow our children with the gift of critical thinking. Financial resources don’t flow evenly, but we all have intellectual skills & resources of time and learned skills that we can invest in our youth in the form of education. Education centered in critical thinking.
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What began with just a few chessboards has now reached more than 1,500 children from orphanages, displacement camps, and vulnerable communities. In tents, schools, and open-air spaces, these young players gather not just to compete — but to learn patience, strategy, and empathy.
Introducing: SOGA Chess Club ♟️ ✨ In the conflict-affected region of Eastern DR Congo, SOGA Chess Club is turning the game of chess into a symbol of hope, healing, and peace. Through its flagship program Chess in City, launched in 2021 in Goma, the club helps children and youth
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Introducing: SOGA Chess Club ♟️ ✨ In the conflict-affected region of Eastern DR Congo, SOGA Chess Club is turning the game of chess into a symbol of hope, healing, and peace. Through its flagship program Chess in City, launched in 2021 in Goma, the club helps children and youth
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Take a moment and check out the incredible work being done by @SogaChess
Introducing: SOGA Chess Club ♟️ ✨ In the conflict-affected region of Eastern DR Congo, SOGA Chess Club is turning the game of chess into a symbol of hope, healing, and peace. Through its flagship program Chess in City, launched in 2021 in Goma, the club helps children and youth
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From this place, with our dreams and doubts, we’ll learn, we’ll fall, but we’ll rise again. One day, from here, we’ll conquer the world.
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'Yes we believe in education as a path to lasting peace.'
🇨🇩 In a country torn by violence, we chose values to protect the youngest. Yes we believe in education as a path to lasting peace. Yes we act to pass it on to future generations. We carry these values deep in our hearts: to leave our country better than we found it, and the
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🇨🇩 In a country torn by violence, we chose values to protect the youngest. Yes we believe in education as a path to lasting peace. Yes we act to pass it on to future generations. We carry these values deep in our hearts: to leave our country better than we found it, and the
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This is what we are !
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Chloé Nabintu has successfully completed her mini tournament! She faced senior players and finished with 3 points out of 5 rounds. We are proud of her and wish her all the best for the next steps in her journey.
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This is the DRC 🇨🇩 vibrant, beautiful, and full of life! Through chess, we show the world our unity, creativity, and hope. Come play chess with us in Goma ❤️
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Education beyond the four walls of the classroom. We bring chess , we bring education
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Second Day of the Mini Chess Tournament This weekend, we are experiencing a crucial step: the second day of the mini chess tournament at Hotel Linda. This stage is part of the educational process leading to the awarding of primary and secondary school scholarships for 2025-2026,
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Our players of liberty!🇨🇩 Asante and Bintu Ornella once played in front of their camp shelters. Today, they play with a background full of promise. They play for peace and for their future. Who knows? Maybe one day, they will play in a place their current environment never
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Amazing and remarkable News from Goma 🇨🇩! Looking carefully, you will agree that amongst these children, we will find some that will discover cure for cancer and other health challenges around the world. @FIDE_chess @Tunde_OD @thegiftofchess @awbissaka @thechessdungeon ❤️
Goma 🇨🇩 The joy that lights up their faces when they escape and live a normal life on the chessboard is our greatest source of motivation. Everywhere we go ,places so often forgotten by the rest of the world ,we transform them into spaces of learning and values, where children
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Thanks to the courage of our little angels We continue to spread the passion for chess and promote education in DRC . Today, this noble game is already played by more than 1,600 children from orphanages, displacement camps, and the streets. And the game has only just begun!
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